Greeting card



Dec. 20, 1955 v. s. Nr-:UMANN GREETING CARD Filed April 9, 1952 IN VENTOR.

VERA /VEuMA/v/v A TTOAIVEV r our: l i Jtt-yerdlnroiril .when estaMunt/:htsrv zjflgz CR?? Yara S. Neumann, Ossillng, N, Y.Altltlienfitlll. April 9 1.95% .lls 2 Claims. (Cl, 2,06*-279) l Thisinvention relates to. osreetins eers,-

The npplieetion of this intentionfi'to, greeting eater o f virtnnllveverv dese tion eheh .Chti 'enr birthday tenis ehn," ,Y Posee ofillnetretion, however! be described solely in terms o f it's'relaticards. But this shoull'not` be construed as ,the invention in any waywhatso The principal ohieot of t..

of a greeting card which in` Vrpo component part thereof a useful y or'rennt or other err-lele. of trentine. eretitel. or env eecessorythereto or any other article which isuurse'tul apart from iteeonneetionWith 'thegreetins'eatd When the article is mounted on greeting `c'ard itconstitutes an integral part thereof in the serri'se' that it completesor supplements the message, greeting or other material which appears onthe. card. Stated ,diterently,` the greeting or message or othermaterial appears on the card is not complete without thedetchable'article above mentioned. f

thewillusvtrated form of this inventifo is provided and on saidC-hmristiiials"v N y, or 4representation of a tireplaceadfSan'ita Clap',",lfh'e major part of Athe fireplace and'thewvisiblye part pfiSwantaGlau's are printed or otherwise perrri'ariently applied dyirectly to thecard. The remaining part pf the fireplace and Santa Claus hat areformedfb-y'the very `riiartieijial ofwhichthe detachable article isitself made'. rIn the illustrated case, the fireplace is built ofsimulated bricks and the detachable article is a tie or narrow scarfwhich is imprinted with a brick pattern or design corresponding inappearance to the brickwork of the fireplace. The ends of the tie ornarrow scarf are tapered and tasselled and they are disposed atop thehead of Santa Claus to represent the crown of his hat. When the tie orscarf is removed from the card, the replace is incomplete and so is thehat which Santa Claus wears. Thus the greeting card is incompletewithout the tie or scarf mounted thereon. However, when the tie or scarfis removed from the card, it constitutes a complete and useful entity initself and may be worn on the person in precisely the same manner as anyother tie or scarf of like character which is made solely for wearingpurposes and devoid of any connection with a greeting card.

A preferred form of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawingin which:

Fig. l is a face view of Christmas card made in accordance with thisinvention, said Christmas card being unfolded and disposed in openposition.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through said open Christmas card, saidsection being taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a side edge View of the same Christmas card showing it foldedover into closed position.

It will be seen in the drawing that the greeting card herein describedand claimed comprises two basic ele- United States Patent O 2,727,622Ice Patented Peo- 39?, .195,5

niente: n greeting card proper ll! and .n .ueefnl ort'ele of manufacture12. In the illustrated form .0f Elli?? vention, the greeting card isintended for. nee @loting the. YChristinen'holidny season and itembodies .the therne of Safta Clans yelirnhine down .the ehintney an er.ns from n fireplace- .Thisy of eonrse, is purely rlln te ,ve of theinvention .and it should not in env sense whatsoever be regarded aslimiting the invention to its lfllus.-V trated form. The useful articleof manufacture inl the illnsrraterl form of the invention vis a, nnrrovvsent. or, tie ofthe type which Weinen tie eronnrl their neeks This tooshould be understood ,as ilhistratlnss ,rather than limiting, theinvention. The pictorial representation .1,4 vvllioh is Printed on orotherwise applied to the greeting card, iS that of an ineontplete brickroplnee and the upper ont! of the replnoe may be iinnginotively viewedy.as ,conf St' ating the ohiinney to vvhieh seid replaoo is .enligne o.,There is also a pictorial representation lo of .te Clone and the twopictorial representations are juxtaposed So es .to sive the impressionof Santa YClans descending or ascending the combined fireplace andchimney. v

The replace is incomplete in the sense that a narrow vertical strip 18appears to be missing therefrom as Fig. l clearly shows. `The P ietorielrehreeentetion of Santa Claus is incomplete Ain the sense that his bodyappears t0 he hidden behindv the .tireplaee and also in the sense thathis hat is without a crown.

The narrow scarf or tie 12 has the pictorial representation. ofhrielsvvork printen. thereon or applied thereto in any conventionalmanner. The brickworlg of the tip andfthe brickworlc of the fireplacecorrespond lto captar other in. appearance So that the brielovorlr ofthe tie. may he einnloved to Supplement or eornplete the hrielswork ofthe iireplace in the manner shown in the draw,- ine`- More epeeilienll igreeting entriv 1,0 iS. provided with thee parallel slits 29,22 ono 24frnrnetl therein in spaced'relation to each other., LoopelV throughslits eine' 2.4 itnd Proieeting npvverdlv through slitv .29 le., the.fie 1h2- lt Will he Seen that, the tie envers the. hl'f1 lt entree 18which rendere the lirepleee inoomplete.- Since, the hrieltwork on thetie ,Corresponde to the. ihriolsworls. of the lrepleee the ineontpletePortion. ot the hleplare is covered"over in such mannerv as to providethe impression of being complete. Thus the tie is an integral part 0fthe replace since without the tie the fireplace is incomplete.

The two ends 12a and 12b of the tie are tapered to a point and tassels26 are tied or sewn loosely thereto. These tapered and tasselled ends ofthe tie project upwardly through slit 20 and thereby extend above thatportion of the hat 28 which lies below the crown. There is norepresentation of a crown, however, on the greeting card and theseupwardly extending ends of the tie take its place. They stronglyresemble the crown of a hat that Santa Claus is usually represented aswearing and hence they function on the card to complete the hat.

The greeting card 10 may be made of any suitable material of the typeused by the greeting card industry. A stit grade of paper would be verysuitable for this purpose but other materials are also useful in thisconnection. The tie or scarf 12 may also be made of any suitable tie orscarf material, such as silk, rayon, nylon, cotton and similar fabrics.The pictorial representations on the greeting card and on the tie may beapplied thereto by any conventional means and method. For example,screen printing and other printing methods may be employed for thispurpose.

The greeting card may be mailed in the form shown in Fig. l. It is moreconvenient, however, to fold it over 011 line 30 as shown in Fig. 3 andto mail it out in folded condition. This helps protect the tie and italso endows the greeting card with the form of a book whose secret iscontained between its covers. After the greeting card performs itsfunction as a greeting card, the tie may be slipped out of the slitsthrough which itis looped and it may then be used as an article ofwearing apparel.

The foregoing illustrates one form of this invention, This illustrativeform may be modified in many ways and other forms may be provided withinthe broad spirit of the invention and the broad scope of the claims. Forexample, speaking only of the illustrated form, it will be noted thatthe tie is folded over double before it is threaded through the slits ofthe greeting card. This is one way of attaching the tie to the card butthere are other ways too. However, the invention is not limited to atie, irrespective of whatever way it is secured to the greeting card.Other articles of wearing apparel and otheruseful articles ofmanufacture may be substituted for the tie and they may be attached togreeting card either by threading them through slits as shown in thedrawing or by any other suitable means and method. The pictorialrepresentations both on the greeting card and on the useful articlesecured thereto are matters of choice and preference is not limited tothe representation of Santa Claus and a fireplace.

I claim:

1. A greeting card having a useful article of manufacture detachablysecured thereto, said greeting card having an incomplete, interruptedpictorial representation printed thereon and said article comprising anarrow scarf for women which is adapted to be worn around the neck, saidcard having a plurality of slits formed therein and said narrow scarfbeing drawn through said slits and being wound around at least oneportion of the card between at least two of said slits in order tosecure said narrow scarf to said card, said narrow scarf having acomplementary pictorial representation printed thereon which completesthe incomplete pictorial representation of the card when said narrowscarf is mounted thereon and gives it continuity, said slits being threein number and being in spaced parallel relation to each other, saidnarrow scarf being doubled upon itself and being drawn through theuppermost slit from the front to the back of the card and then down tothe intermediate slit and through said intermediate slit t'o the frontof the card and then down to the lowermost slit and through saidlowermost slit to the back of the card and then upwardly to and throughthe intermediate slit to the front of the card.

2. A greeting card having a useful article of manufacture detachablysecured thereto, said greeting card having an incomplete, interruptedpictorial representation printed thereon and said article comprising anarrow scarf for women which is adapted to be worn around the neck, saidcard having a plurality of slits formed therein and said narrow scarfbeing drawn through said slits and being wound around at least oneportion of the card between at least two of said slits in order tosecure said narrow scarf to said card, said narrow scarf having acomplementary pictorial representation printed thereon which completesthe incomplete pictorial representation of the card when said narrowscarf is mounted l thereon and gives it continuity, said slits beingthree in number and being in spaced parallel relation to each other,said narrow scarf being doubled upon itself and being drawn through theluppermost slit from the front to the back of the card and then down tothe intermediate slit and through said slit to the front of the card andthen down to the lowermost slit and through said lowermost slit to theback of the card and then upwardly to and through the intermediate slitt'o the front of the card, the incomplete representation on the cardbeing that of an incomplete brick fireplace and a pictorialrepresentation of Santa Claus, the narrow scarf bearing the pictorialrepresentation of fireplace brick-work which completes the incompletefireplace on the card, the upwardly projecting end of the narrow scarfwhich projects across the front of the card immediately adjacent theuppermost slit being tapered to a point to simulate a hat for SantaClaus.

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